AMENDING SECTION SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE AND SEVENTY-TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX DEL SUR FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX IN THE PROV…

WHEREAS, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and
Seventy-Two, enacted on August 16, 1971, created the Municipality of
Dupax del Sur from the Municipality of Dupax in the Province of Nueva
Vizcaya;

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5 of said Act the new
municipality acquired its corporate existence when in a plebiscite held
simultaneously with the local elections in November 1971, all the
component barrios voted in favor of its creation;

WHEREAS, despite its corporate existence, the new
municipality cannot discharge its public functions for want of the
necessary officials to conduct its municipal affairs:

WHEREAS, Section 6 of said Act provides that the first
officials of the new municipality shall be elected in the general
elections next following the plebiscite required in Section 5 thereof;

WHEREAS, upon the effectivity of the New Constitution and in
deference to the sentiments of the people expressed overwhelmingly in
the referendum held in July 1973, the national elections which should
otherwise be held in November 1973 were postponed indefinitely and;

WHEREAS, the residents of the new municipality through their
barangays have expressed their desire for the full implementation of
the law creating their municipality and strongly recommended the
appointment of their first municipal officials by the President of the
Philippines.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby amend Section 6 of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred
and Seventy-Two to read as follows;

“SEC. 6. The first officials of the new municipality shall
be appointed by the President of the Philippines and shall hold Office
until the election and qualification of their successors.”

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of December, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.